Lot 286
Milligan, Spike
Collection of signed or inscribed first editions
£378
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all original boards, in the dust jackets (except The Q Annual), comprising: 1) "Rommell?" "Gunner Who?" A Confrontation in the Desert, 1974; 2) The Q Annual, 1979; 3) Goodbye Soldier, 1986; 4) William McGonagall meets George Gershwin, 1988; 5) William McGonagall - Freefall, 1992; 6) Wuthering Heights according to Spike Milligan, 1994; 7) Black Beauty according to Spike Milligan, 1996; 8) D. H. Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane, 1995; 9) Frankenstein, 1997; 10) Robin Hood, 1998; 11) The Murphy, 2000; 12) Milligan's Ark, 1971, inscribed 'To Templeton, 1st Prize in the Essay Competition, 1972, (subject to be decided), from the artists', with an original sketch of an elephant to the same page, both apparently by Milligan's co-author Jack Hobbs (damp-staining to outer leaves). Together with 12 others by Spike Milligan, mostly first editions
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